Selling “Psychic” Stones
I’m kicking myself for not getting in on this racket. YouTube – The Real Hustle Undercover – Psychic Stones
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Jon Stewart’s speech at the Rally For Sanity
Thanks for bringing it all into perspective Jon! YouTube – Jon Stewart’s speech at the Rally For Sanity.
The Christian/Pagan Invasion
Wow, religious people are weird. Christian Nightmares, ‘The Pagan Invasion’: A manipulated Christian…
TED Talks: Michael Shermer on strange beliefs
Michael Shermer talks about skepticism, pareidolia, hidden lyrics in Led Zeppelin songs, and Katie Melua’s cute nerdiness. Michael Shermer on strange beliefs | Video on TED.com
The Rise of Bat Boy
A cool podcast from Skeptic magazine on Batboy and the Weekly World News. In the pantheon of American monsters, only one truly dominated the newspapers of the 1990s. Checkout lines everywhere were haunted by the bald-headed, wide-mawed visage of Bat Boy. What was Bat Boy, and where did he come from? The MonsterTalk team interviews […]
FDA kicks 8 companies touting “miracle cures”
Good for them. Repeat after me: Autism isn’t mercury poisoning. Regulators said the products, sold over the Internet, can cause dehydration, kidney failure and death. Known as chelation therapies, the products have been used for decades, although medical societies and government experts say there is no evidence they cure diseases. The only FDA-approved chelation therapies […]
America’s True History of Religious Tolerance
Interesting concept. Look at actual American histotry to figure out where the concept of a “Christian Nation” came from. From the earliest arrival of Europeans on America’s shores, religion has often been a cudgel, used to discriminate, suppress and even kill the foreign, the “heretic” and the “unbeliever”–including the “heathen” natives already here. Moreover, while […]
Jack Van Impe compared Pat Robertson to Osama bin Laden
Way to go Jack! Jack may be a bit of a weirdo, like when he said hell was in black holes, but let’s give credit where credit’s due. VAN IMPE: And right now, the National Association of Evangelicals informs us that this man has done damage, and it could actually take the lives of some […]
Interesting book review of “The Secret” on Amazon
This book can be useful for so many people. YouTube – Amazon Book Reviews The Secret
Derren Brown on Intelligent Design
If the banana is proof that god exists, what does the durian prove? YouTube – Intelligent design: In conversation with Derren Brown
